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NZHIA New membership year 2016/2017
The NZHIA membership year started on 1st April 2016 Register your interest in the New Zealand Hemp Industry by joining the NZHIA We have been involved with iHemp since 1997. With others we lifted the moratorium on cannabis 1998-2000, we grew hemp during the trials and represented the industry on the Governments Inter Agency working …
Blue print for the iHemp Industry
The Misuse of Drugs Act (Industrial Hemp) Regulations 2006, gave us the green light to start growing iHemp. The regulations provide a framework that creates and protects our industry. Only licenced growers can grow iHemp and only iHemp can make hemp products. This means you can now grow, make and sell hemp products from iHemp …
NZHIA and the Ministry of Health
The Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp) Regulations need to be tweaked to make them more workable for the iHemp Industry. The NZHIA have written to the Director General of Health and the Ministers highlighting our concerns at the work ability of the Regulations. NZHIA Director General Letter 16 September 2015 We have forwarded information to senior …
Join the NZHIA and help us to represent the New Zealand Hemp Industry
The NZHIA Executive invite you to join the New Zealand Hemp Industries Association Inc. If you’re interested or involved please get in touch. We began representing the local industry following our incorporation in 1997, we lobbied hard to get the trials established in 2000. And as part of the Governments Inter-Agency Working Group we worked …
NZHIA meets Ministry Of Primary Industries and Ministry of Health 8 April 2015
 NZHIA meets MPI and MOH Members of the Executive meet with Officials from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Primary Industries, in Wellington on 8 April 2015. This was the first meeting since the NZHIA has restarted on 1 April 2015. Our aim from the meeting was to open communication channels whilst highlighting hurdles …
Hemp Seed Foods A1039 Low THC Hemp Seed Foods has been rejected
Hemp Seed Foods A1039 Low THC Hemp Seed Foods has been rejected On 30 January the Forum of Food Ministers voted to reject, Application A1039 – Low THC hemp as a food. This is the end of A 1039 (2010-2015), which was the same fate as its predecessor,  A360 Hemp as a Novel Food (1998-2002, …
5th International Hemp Building Symposium 6-7 October 2015
NEWS – 5th INTERNATIONAL HEMP BUILDING SYMPOSIUM 5th International Hemp Building Symposium 6-7th October The IHBA is proud to announce the 5th gathering of International Hemp Building experts will be held in the Uckermark region of Germany to the North of Berlin on the 6-7th October 2015. The venue is the Schlusshof situated in …
NZHIA puts hemp seed food issue on TV 3 news
NZHIA puts hemp seed food issue on the TV3 news TV3 recently visited Penny Young, NZHIA Secretary at her hemp farm in Hunna, South Auckland  http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/growers-push-to-relax-restrictions-on-hemp-2015032817 New Zealand industry and government want access to hemp foods, but as we share food safety standards with Australia we were outvoted in the FSANZ, meeting on 30 …
USA hemp food and body care industry worth $620 Million in 2015
2014 Annual Retail Sales for Hemp Products Estimated at $620 Million Hemp Foods and Body Care Retail Market in U.S. Achieves 21.2% Growth in 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Hemp Industries Association (HIA), a non-profit trade association consisting of hundreds of hemp businesses, has released final estimates of the size of the 2014 U.S. retail …